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Regional Housing Programme: 61 municipalities in Serbia to implement sub-projects
31 octobre 2015
The mayors of 61 Serbian municipalities signed agreements for the implementation of the Regional Housing Programme (RHP) during a ceremony held in Novi Sad today. The agreements aim to provide more than 2 000 permanent housing solutions for refugees living in those municipalities. The RHP is managed by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB).
The ceremony took place in the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Ivica Dacic. Attending on behalf of the CEB was Stephan Sellen, Deputy Director for Loans and Social Development.
Also attending the ceremony were high-level representatives of the RHP donor and partner community, including Michael Davenport, Head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia, and Michael D. Kirby, US Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia.
By signing these agreements, the municipalities formally launched the implementation of three RHP sub-projects in Serbia, with a total cost of € 47.5 million. The involvement of a large number of municipalities in RHP project implementation will enable the programme to reach the most vulnerable beneficiaries throughout the Serbian territory.
Fondée en 1956, la CEB (Banque de Développement du Conseil de l'Europe) compte 41 États membres, dont 22 pays d'Europe centrale, orientale et du Sud-Est formant les pays cibles de la Banque. En tant qu'instrument majeur de la politique de solidarité en Europe, la Banque finance des projets sociaux en mettant à leur disposition des ressources levées dans des conditions reflétant la qualité de sa notation (Aa1 auprès de Moody's, perspective stable, AA+ auprès de Standard & Poor's, perspective stable et AA+ auprès de Fitch Ratings, perspective stable). Elle accorde des prêts à ses États membres, à des établissements financiers et à des autorités locales pour le financement de projets dans le secteur social, conformément à son Statut.